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Adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Designed to appeal to a younger modern audience while retaining the original Shakespearean dialogue. The warring families are represented as warring business empires and swords are replaced by guns.
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Based on Homerโs Odyssey. The similarities between "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and "Homer's Odyssey" are numerous, ranging from the obvious to the obscure.
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Based on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream set in the rave scene.
She's All That (1999)
A modern remake of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion which was also the basis for the musical comedy My Fair Lady.
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Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth set in a fast food restaurant in Scotland, Pennsylvania. Shakespeare's tragedy, originally set in Dunsinane Castle in 11th Century Scotland is reworked as a dark comedy set in 1975, based around "Duncan's Cafe".
Hamlet (2000)
based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet set in modern Manhattan. In this version of Hamlet, Claudius becomes King and CEO of "Denmark Corporation", having taken over the firm by killing his brother, Hamlet's father. The film keeps the Shakespearean dialogue but presents a modern setting, with technology such as video cameras, Polaroid cameras, and surveillance bugs.
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Tromeo and Juliet (1996)
A modern, punk adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The film is more or less a faithful adaptation of the play except with the addition of extreme amounts of Troma-esque sexuality and violence, used in a way the filmmakers believed actors would have done in Shakespeare's time.